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Where does “प्रथस्” come from?

प्रथस् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian prátʰas, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂os, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

प्रथस् (Sanskrit): width, extension

Definitions

  1. width, extension

Ancestry of “प्रथस्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianprátʰasbreadth, extension, width
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂osbreadth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat
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